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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus First Voyage
Columbus was looking for an easy way to arrive in Asia. He ended up on the New World, or North America. -
Oct 27, 1519
Cortes Voyage
Cortes conquered Mexico, and the people living there, the Aztecs. This was important because he also found lots of gold. -
Oct 27, 1519
Pineda's Voyage
He created the first map of Texas. This is important because it was the first map ever of Texas. -
Apr 14, 1528
DeVaca's Voyage
Narvaez was De Vaca's leader. He was sent to rule the Gulf Coast from Northern Mexico to the Florida peninsula and as far inland as he was able to control. -
Nov 6, 1528
De Vaca Discovers Texas
De Vaca's ship wrecked, making them hungry and dehydrated. He landed on Galveston TX. He met the Karankawas, Coahultecans. -
Apr 7, 1538
Moscoso's Expedition
Moscoso was part of De Soto's expedition, making him Moscoso's leader. De Soto died of a fever, they threw him to a river so the indians wouldn't know he was dead. They thought he was a god. They discovered New Spain. -
Oct 27, 1538
Fray Marcos and Esteban's Journey
Fray Marcos and Esteban went to explore texas because of the 7 cities of gold that De Vaca said he heard of. Esteban got killed by the indians. Fray marcos reported that he had seen the 7 cities of gold. -
Oct 27, 1540
Coronado's Expedition
The two cities he searched for was "Cibola" and "Quivira". His second guide was the Turk. He was killed because he lied to them about Quivira being a city of gold. Is important because they were the first Europeans to see the Grand Cnyon.
